Mixtape April 2016

Old Indie Kid's Mixtape April 2016

Welcome to April's monthly roundup of new songs from old bands, old songs from new bands and everything else that made my radar lately.

20 tracks to ease you into April in the Spotify playlist and a small blurb for each.

1) Gamma Knife by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard.
New single from Melbourne's prolific Psych Rockers.

2) High Hopes by La Sera.
Taken from the new album "Music For Listening To Music To"produced by Ryan Adams.

3) For Good by REMI featuring Sampa the Great.  Fresh Aussie Skip Hop.
Sampa the Great features twice in this playlist also popping up on Urthboy's track.

4) Another Day by Steve Mason.
Taken from the excellent new album "Meet The Humans". This album is highly recommended - winner of the inaugural Old Indie Kid's Album of The Month.  Some of his catchiest tracks since his early work with the Beta Band in the late Nineties.

5)  Aviation by The Last Shadow Puppets.
Alex Turner and Miles Kane drop another track from their long awaited second album.

6) 1955 by Hilltop Hoods featuring Montaigne.
Kick back and dare I say "chillax"? with Adelaide's finest.

7) Today by The Billy Rubin Trio featuring Lady S.
A prime cut taken from the vaults of the 1930's grunge scene.

8)  California Kids by Weezer.
Joyous Indie Surf Pop taken from Weezer's long awaited White Album.

9) Caught By My Shadow by Albert Hammond Jr.
The Strokes' guitarist rocks out! (Or "disappears up his own arse" as my wife put it).

10) Human Ceremony by Sunflower Bean.
Reminds me of a trippier 80s R.E.M. Great album just released by this Brooklyn trio.

11) Second Heartbeat by Urthboy featuring Samba the Great.
The man behind the Aussie Hip Hop Elephant Traks label and The Herd requires no introduction...damn he just got one.

12) Jigsaw Falling Into Place by Off The Beat.
To celebrate Radiohead's tiny world tour, here's an A Capella cover version.

13) Bitch by James.
James released their 14th studio album of their 30 year career.  Nice to know they are still out there.

14) Sometimes You Win by Soul Elixr.
Another uplifting slab of skip hop to nod your heads to.

15) Menton by Palace Winter.
In the same ilk as The War On Drugs are Denmark's Palace Winter.

16) Nylon String by Underworld.
Underworld have released a new album called "Barbara, Barbara, We Face A Shining Future" and are going strong twenty years after Born Slippy.

17) Private Wars by Primal Scream.
An acoustic track lifted from the new Scream album "Chaosmosis".  Private Wars is untypical of the album which frankly left me cold for the most part.

18) White Winter Hymnal by Birdy.
Birdy is a twenty year old singer from Lymington in Hampshire's New Forest.  Here she covers a classic song originally by Fleet Foxes.

19) Big Jet Plane - Live by Tuka featuring Sarah Corry.
Tuka is a member of Thundamentals having a solo career with a cover of Angus & Julia Stone's hit.

20) Can You Kick It (J. Cole Remix) by A Tribe Called Quest.
In remembrance of  MC Phife Dwag a self proclaimed Funky Diabetic. 1971 - 2016 R.I.P.